Sports Digital Producer - Audience
About the role
The Sports Digital Producer will join the SportsDay team and develop strategies to connect the team's work, including their biggest enterprise stories and projects, with the right audiences. This role will be at the forefront of discussions about social curation, engagement, and innovation on platforms such as X, Instagram, and Facebook.
Responsibilities
- Manage our social media accounts daily and use them to promote content
- Produce promotion plans for high-profile stories/features to maximize reach
- Analyze traffic patterns, research new technology, and implement ideas for digital coverage
- Create graphics and short-form videos curated for audiences on specific social platforms
- Pitch and work with digital and multimedia projects, mobile, photo, and video
- Write SEO-friendly headlines and meta titles for all content posted
- Train and develop sports producer staff in best social media practices
- Respond to social media comments and reader emails
- Curate newsletter strategy
- Work a hybrid schedule with some mandatory in-office days each week
- Work nights, weekends, and occasional holidays as dictated by the news cycle
- On occasion, assist with other producer duties, such as creating original or complementary content and covering live events
Requirements
S strong writing and editing skills, including the versatility to shift voice and tone based on the audience
A solid understanding of sports, social media, internet culture, and the digital space
Expertise in headline writing and SEO best practices is required
One to three years of professional journalism experience (exceptional college graduates will be considered in lieu of professional experience)
Strong news judgment and excellent verbal and analytical skills
Versatility and speed, both as a journalist and as a web producer who can post a story within seconds without much of a safety net
Experience covering breaking news
Strong organizational and time-management skills
The ability to work under pressure with assigned deadlines
Qualifications
Experiment with Advanced AI to enhance journalism and reporting efforts
Our State-of-the-art AI Tools, Including ChatGPT Enterprise As Well As The Many Hearst DevHub-built Tools, Act As a Smart Assistant For Routine Work
In Our Newsroom, You Will Use AI To Generate headline options, SEO keywords or alert language
Clean up grammar, apply style, and improve clarity
Version stories for different formats (video, audio) or platforms (social media)
Monitor public meetings and get alerts with transcripts and video
AI-assisted data processing and summarization, human-verified before use
Exclusive Partnership with OpenAI Through our strategic content partnership with OpenAI and our exclusive ChatGPT Enterprise license, we have unparalleled access to the latest advancements in AI technology
Benefits
Exclusive Partnership with OpenAI Through our strategic content partnership with OpenAI and our exclusive ChatGPT Enterprise license, we have unparalleled access to the latest advancements in AI technology
Pay
$X per hour
Schedule
Hybrid schedule with some mandatory in-office days each week
Work nights, weekends, and occasional holidays as dictated by the news cycle